Ash shovel and conveyer



Nov. 9, 1943. L.,JUUSTINEN ASH SHOVEL AND CONVEYER Filed 05m. 20, 1942 w I z MN 3m q 4t 5 u J M a n 0 6 A Patented Nev; 9,1943 l v ASH'SHOVEL AND CONVEYER I i Leonard Juustinen, Brooklyn, N. Y.

' Application October 20, 1942, Serial No.'462,732

r This invention relates to a portable conveying receptacle and more particularly to a combined receptacle and shovel, and it consists in the constructions, arrangements and combinations herein described and claimed.

It is the principal objectof the invention to provide a shovel-like device which may be readily inserted into an ash-pit of a furnace or the like'and so constructed that ashes disposed in the shovel will be substantially housed preventing ash and dust particles from emerging into the basement of the home when inuse.

More specifically, it is an object of tion to provide a shovelwherein ahousing encloses the shovel blade, except for a front ash entrance opening; the shovel embodying a detachable handle and a carrying handle whereby the shovel may be readily carriedto a point wherethe ashes are to be'deposite d Additional "objects, advantages and features of invention will be apparent from the following description and s accompanying drawing,

wherein,

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating my invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof, v Figure'3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device. 1

There is' illustrated a shovel device l which is constructed of suitable gauge sheet metal and the inven- 1 Claim. (c1.

the device, an operating handle l1, and obviously a friction fit is provided in order that the handlewill re-- main in the ferrule when the shovel is filled and being drawn backwardly from an ashpit or the like However, the fit of the handle within the ferrule must'be such that the handle can be removedby a rotating or similar motion.

Upon the top wall of the hood I3, a carrying handle [8 is secured, which is employed when carrying the shovel to a point where the ashes are to be deposited, It will be noted that the handle 18 extends in a medial longitudinal axis of the hood, providing an equalized balance of the shovel, as well as providing a natural grasp of the handle.

louse, the shovel is positioned uponthe floor of a pit to be cleaned and advanced into the ashes by pressure upon the handle l1, causing may be retracted and again advanced until the the ashes to enter within the hood. The shovel shovel is filled. The shovel may now be withdrawn from the pit and the handle I1 is removed. The user may now grasp the handle I8 it consists of a planiform blade portion H which i may be provided with a tapered front edge, to facilitate movement of ashes upon the blade.

A hood l'3-is suitably fixed upon the blade H the hood having an open end l3 being substantially semi-circular in end elevation, the top wall and side walls tapering rearwardly to a point of juncture withthe rear portion of the blade H. In the present instance, the edges 0f the walls of the hood are inwardlyturnedQforming flanges l4 adapted to lie flush upon the blade to which they are rivetedas at l5. The rivets are counter sunkin the blade so that free sliding movement of theshovel upon a sur- H45 face may be had. 3 f Upon the rear portionof'the hood l3 andpositioned in the medial longitudinal axis of i the hood there is secured a ferrule 16 extended at a slight upward angle to the longitudinal axis of and carry the shovel and contents to any suitable depository. In emptying the shovel, one

hand may grasp the handle I8, while the other hand may grip the ferrule IS; The shovel may i.

thus be readily tipped to discharge the contents. While I have shown and described my shovel specifically, thisis by way of illustrationonly, and Iconsider as my own, all such modifications as fairly fall within the scope of the appended I claim: l s As a new article of manufacture, an ash shovel ber open on one end and havinga'broad fiat blade portion, a ferrule 0n the end opposite the if open end of the body and positioned in the medial longitudinal axis of'the body and projecting a substantial distance outwardly therefrom to form t a hand grip, an elongated handle frictionally yet detachably mounted in the ferrule, and a carrying handle on the upper wall of the body member, extending in the medial longitudinal axis of the body member; s

LEONARD JUtlSTINEN.

The ferrule I6 detachably receives and conveyer consisting of a hollow body mem- 

